Happy Spring! (Hey, here in Minnesota we get a little excited this time of year!) In your studio you’re probably gearing up for another busy season. Well, as the learning team here at StudioPlus, we’re busy putting together tools to help you use more of StudioPlus Spectra this coming year. Just this week we’ve added over ten new articles to our Knowledge Base – how to’s, FAQs, and troubleshooting tips – we’ve got some of each. Some of the newest articles include:

• How do I manage my high school senior workflow?
• Can Spectra help me track the costs of an invoice?
• How do I export a list of names and email addresses?
• How do I print a client statement?
• What are my ISP’s email limitations?
• How do I discount or donate a gift certificate or gift card?

Check them out by visiting the Knowledge Base page on our website. To see all the Spectra articles, just click View all in the Spectra section.

As you read the articles, make sure to give us your feedback. We want to know if the information we’re providing is helpful to you. If you haven’t noticed yet, we’ve added feedback links all over the place – on each article, on the video pages, and in the user guide. Use the feedback link to make suggestions for new articles, too. We’d love to hear your ideas.

Check back often. We have dozens more articles in the pipeline. Oh, and “Happy Spring!”

Hi, sorry for the delay! Here’s my first post…

I’m just recently back from IUSA, our StudioPlus User’s Conference, SYNC, a training in Nebraska (BRRR! Even though it was warm by their standards – mostly above freezing temps!), and WPPI. I’m so excited to be able to blog about it! The shows we attend and trainings we conduct are always exciting, exhausting, and energizing at the same time. It’s also great to meet so many clients in person!

Since I’m playing catch up and saving time is on my mind, this will be short, sweet, and all about TIME SAVING SHORTCUTS. Even if you’re more of a mouse than a keyboard person, I urge you to try out a few of Spectra’s keyboard shortcuts!

Here are my favorites:

From inside any record:
Ctrl + S = Save
Ctrl + W = Save and Close
Also, while you’re inside a record use the Alt key to display single-letter shortcuts for all the toolbar-ribbon functions.

From any main screen (now called hubs):
Ctrl + T = Time Clock
Ctrl + L = Client Search
Ctrl + S = Session Search
F2 = Home
F3 = Workflow
F4 = Calendar
F5 = Clients
F6 = Sessions
F7 = Invoices
Click the Go menu to see additional F-key shortcuts.

Hello!  I’m Judy Durie, a technical writer and video producer here at StudioPlus.  My family background is in portrait photography, with my dad (and now my brother) owning and operating a photography studio here in Minnesota. In the last ten years, the transition from film to digital was an area that I was heavily was involved in. My professional background combines a curious variety of tech stuff with art & design. Combining my personal interest in seeing photographers succeed with my professional background has made StudioPlus a really fun place for me to work!

Many of you already know Stephanie Lesser, our Senior Product Specialist, who is on the phone constantly helping all of you become successful with the StudioPlus family of products.  Together, Stephanie and I are excited to provide you with our blog dedicated to helping you maximize your investment in our products and services.  If you’re a user of one of our products or services, then please subscribe.

Here, at StudioPlus, we are constantly developing new training materials like videos, tutorials, FAQs, and other articles.  As we develop new materials, we’ll be sure to notify you through our new blog.  In addition, as we gather great ideas, tips, or tricks from other clients that are maximizing StudioPlus products, we think this blog will be a great tool to communicate those ideas with you.

As we were building our new website, we spent a LOT of hours updating our existing support material.  The existing StudioPlus Spectra User Manual and Getting Started Guide have been re-written.  We’re in the process of re-recording ALL the online training videos.  And we’re writing new knowledge base articles and tutorials every day.  We encourage you to check back often – every week you’ll see something new online in the new Learning Center.

Let the new StudioPlus website and Training Blog be a wealth of information and ideas for you to build a successful business. We’re here to serve and help you in any way that we can.  Come back soon!